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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 25, 1995Hickory County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1995, 9:59 PM CDT for Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Hickory County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2725 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 260300
TORCOU
MOC085-260330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
959 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...CENTRAL HICKORY COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED BY LOCAL SPOTTERS TOUCHING
THE GROUND AT HWY UU AND HWY 13 JUST SOUTH OF COLLINS. THIS
CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARD WEAUBLEAU AND HICKORY
COUNTY. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO.
EXPECT THE STORM TO REACH WEABLEAU JUST AFTER 10 PM CDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
SHELDON
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton, Hickory59 min
Jul 25, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton, Camden59 min
Jul 25, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHickory31 min
Jul 25, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries49 min
Jul 26, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski14 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.